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  Re: where is the download page? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-08-17 21:30 +0200
    Re: where is the download page? Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2020-08-17 21:50 +0200
    Re: where is the download page? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2020-08-17 22:10 +0200
      Re: where is the download page? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-08-18 03:10 +0200
      Re: where is the download page? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-08-18 08:30 +0200

#226237 — Re: where is the download page?

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 02:56:45PM -0400, Lars Blizard wrote:
> where is the download page?

https://www.debian.org/

has a link that says "Getting Debian", and it also has a green download
icon thingy embedded in the huge banner.

(I've told people before that putting important things in web banners is
a bad idea, because decades of the web have trained us not to look at
web banners.)

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:25 PM Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 02:56:45PM -0400, Lars Blizard wrote:
> > where is the download page?
>
> https://www.debian.org/
>
> has a link that says "Getting Debian", and it also has a green download
> icon thingy embedded in the huge banner.
>
> (I've told people before that putting important things in web banners is
> a bad idea, because decades of the web have trained us not to look at
> web banners.)
>
>
Ha! I got to debian.org every so often (usually to download an .iso), and
've never before noticed that download icon.

-- 
Kent West                    <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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#226243

Not only that, using color to communicate anything is a violation of
accessibility standards.  Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities
states that specifically.  That is one of 16 technical points along with
the Preamble web designers already ought have known for the last few
years.  On Mon, 17 Aug 2020, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:25:26
> From: Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: where is the download page?
> Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:25:45 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 02:56:45PM -0400, Lars Blizard wrote:
> > where is the download page?
>
> https://www.debian.org/
>
> has a link that says "Getting Debian", and it also has a green download
> icon thingy embedded in the huge banner.
>
> (I've told people before that putting important things in web banners is
> a bad idea, because decades of the web have trained us not to look at
> web banners.)
>
>

-- 

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#226260

Jude DaShiell wrote:

> Not only that, using color to communicate anything is a violation of
> accessibility standards.  Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities
> states that specifically.  That is one of 16 technical points along with
> the Preamble web designers already ought have known for the last few
> years.

Come on! It is not a color, it is a link. Links are displayed in different
color since the beginning - it does not violate anything. Did you have a
look at the web page at all before posting this?

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#226268

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 4:03 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:

> Not only that, using color to communicate anything is a violation of
> accessibility standards.  Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities
> states that specifically.  That is one of 16 technical points along with
> the Preamble web designers already ought have known for the last few
> years.


I have, in the past, helped a person with limited eyesight.  He would use a
Linux Text Screen, and lynx as his Browser, and then have a special
Screen-reading Program.

So I brought up https://www.debian.org under lynx, to see how the
Download Link looked.  The same wording ( "Download Debian 10.5(64-bit PC
Network installer)" ) was on its own line, as a usable Link.

I'd say this Website passes Muster better than many others.

Kenneth Parker


> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:25:26
> > From: Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: where is the download page?
> > Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:25:45 +0000 (UTC)
> > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 02:56:45PM -0400, Lars Blizard wrote:
> > > where is the download page?
> >
> > https://www.debian.org/
> >
> > has a link that says "Getting Debian", and it also has a green download
> > icon thingy embedded in the huge banner.
> >
> > (I've told people before that putting important things in web banners is
> > a bad idea, because decades of the web have trained us not to look at
> > web banners.)
>

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